The Enviro-Sports team is introducing a number of Sharkfests™ around the USA. The inaugural Potomac River Sharkfest™ Swim will be held May 22nd, 2011. Because the Sharkfests™ are held around America, the San Diego Sharkfest Swim will become the National Sharkfest Series Championships on October 9th. Each overall first place winner (male and female) from

Bicycle Dreams is the dramatically told, true story of the Race Across America, a 3000-mile bike race across America. The solo and relay race is legendary among land-based endurance athletes and the American media who often call it the hardest race in the world. But we ask: Can the solitude of a cyclist on the

Chris Dahowski of Swim 22, a nominee for the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year, will be organizing open water orienteering swims in California next year. The open water orienteering is similar to land-based orienteering, but consists of a two-person team: a kayaker or paddle boarder (navigator) and the athlete-in-the-water (swimmer). The

Members of the FINA Federations vote the world’s best aquatic athletes in 2010. In the open water swimming category, there are five nominees. The nominees include: Valerio Cleri (Italy): world 10K championAlex Meyer (USA): world 25K championThomas Lurz (Germany): world 5K champion, 10K European champion Chad Ho (South Africa): FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup

At the 2nd Asian Beach Games in Barr Al Jissa Qantab in Muscat, Yanqiao Fang of China, one of the world’s best marathon swimmers who finished fourth at the 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships, proved the class of the field with a dominating victory in the 10K Fang finished in 2:04:12.0, over 6 minutes

At the 2nd Asian Beach Games in Barr Al Jissa Qantab in Muscat, Lijun Zu of China finally broke the winning streak of Saleh Mohammad of Syria who had won the 5K and 10K in the 1st Asian Beach Games and the 5K in the 2nd Asian Beach Games, but his victory was not an

Open Water Wednesday will soon begin its multi-lingual interviews with notable open water swimmers around the world. First up on these multi-lingual interviews will be recent International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame inductee Yuko Matsuzaki from Tokyo, Japan。 Yuko-san, a popular professional marathon swimmer, is shown above after she swam 83K in Lake Cane, Florida

Matthew Dawson is looking for fellow marathon swimmers interested in compete in a new 10K at the Human Race at Dorney Lake (Windsor/Eton) in Great Britain in September. The marathon will be held in the Eton Dorney Rowing Lake. If interested, the organizers will add the event to the existing schedule. Email Matthew or respond